Example sentences of "himself [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lennox also hit back at critics , who claim he should have avoided the dangerous Ruddock and hidden himself away for a world title shot , snapping : ‘ I know the British fight fans will respect me for going in against the best instead of facing an easy touch . |
| 2 | ‘ It was his first job and he locked himself away for the day with a feather and a bottle of wine , ’ remembers Sally . |
| 3 | When the house was finished , he hid himself away for months at a time , with only a few good friends and his beloved books and garden . |
| 4 | Having at last managed to hold himself upright for five minutes without feeling the need to vomit , he started to order his heart . |
| 5 | Samuel , who had sharply critical judgment , thought that he presided well over the Cabinet in the first year of the Government , prepared himself carefully for its meetings and prevented ‘ knots or tangles … from being drawn tight ’ . |
| 6 | He cursed himself inwardly for this sudden indisposition , which had come at the worst possible moment . |
| 7 | ‘ I am a bit scared of him , ’ admitted Angela ; ‘ but he might behave himself now for spoiling my Gnome costume . |
| 8 | Looking into her great eyes , their blue so dark that it was almost black , he was uncomfortably aware that having Miss Sally-Anne McAllister in the house was a most disturbing influence on a man who had not only denied himself sexually for some years , but who had rarely mixed with young women at all since he had left the army . |
| 9 | The prospects are bright and assured : ‘ Never fear the want of business — a man who qualifies himself well for his calling never fails of employment ’ ( Thomas Jefferson ) . |
| 10 | A measure of Bryan Gould 's courage is his decision to put himself forward for both leader and deputy leader . |
| 11 | Furthermore , when it became clear from the tone of the debate that Georgy Razumovsky , Gorbachev 's favoured candidate to head the key statutes commission ( responsible for finalizing the draft party rules ) , would be defeated , Gorbachev instead put himself forward for the post and was approved by a three-to-one majority . |
| 12 | His position was now becoming desperate and he cursed himself again for his stupidity . |
| 13 | Once the superbike race was over McCallen presented himself again for examination and the doctors gave him the all clear for the Regal 600cc race . |